Robert M. Seyfarth

28.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
158 papers, 17.9k citations indexed

About

Robert M. Seyfarth is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Developmental Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert M. Seyfarth has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 17.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Social Psychology, 86 papers in Developmental Biology and 70 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Robert M. Seyfarth's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (119 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (86 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (69 papers). Robert M. Seyfarth is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (119 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (86 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (69 papers). Robert M. Seyfarth collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Robert M. Seyfarth's co-authors include Dorothy L. Cheney, Peter Marler, Joan B. Silk, Thore J. Bergman, Jacinta C. Beehner, Julia Fischer, Roman M. Wittig, Catherine Crockford, Anne L. Engh and Dawn M. Kitchen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert M. Seyfarth

156 papers receiving 16.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

How Monkeys See the World

1990 1.4k citations Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth profile →
Monkey Responses to Three Different Alarm Calls: Evidence of Predator Classification and Semantic Communication

1980 850 citations Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney et al. profile →
Vervet monkey alarm calls: Semantic communication in a free-ranging primate

1980 634 citations Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney et al. Animal Behaviour profile →
Strong and Consistent Social Bonds Enhance the Longevity of Female Baboons

2010 541 citations Joan B. Silk, Jacinta C. Beehner et al. profile →
A model of social grooming among adult female monkeys

1977 510 citations Robert M. Seyfarth profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Quality versus quantity: do weak bonds enhance the fitness of female baboons? 2018 ·Animal Behaviour ·Joan B. Silk, Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney	21
2	Characterizing Early Maternal Style in a Population of Guide Dogs 2017 ·Frontiers in Psychology ·Emily E. Bray, Mary D. Sammel, Dorothy L. Cheney, James A. Serpell, Robert M. Seyfarth	30
3	Network connections, dyadic bonds and fitness in wild female baboons 2016 ·Royal Society Open Science ·Dorothy L. Cheney, Joan B. Silk, Robert M. Seyfarth	88
4	Strategic Use of Affiliative Vocalizations by Wild Female Baboons 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Joan B. Silk, Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney	33
5	Precursors to language: Social cognition and pragmatic inference in primates 2016 ·Psychonomic Bulletin & Review ·Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney	42
6	Social behavior and patterns of testosterone and glucocorticoid levels differ between male chacma and Guinea baboons 2015 ·Hormones and Behavior ·Urs Kalbitzer, Michael Heistermann, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, Julia Fischer	43
7	Evidence for intrasexual selection in wild female baboons 2012 ·Animal Behaviour ·Dorothy L. Cheney, Joan B. Silk, Robert M. Seyfarth	38
8	Comparing responses of four ungulate species to playbacks of baboon alarm calls 2010 ·Animal Cognition ·Dawn M. Kitchen, Thore J. Bergman, Dorothy L. Cheney, (unknown), Robert M. Seyfarth	42
9	Testosterone related to age and life-history stages in male baboons and geladas 2009 ·Hormones and Behavior ·Jacinta C. Beehner, Laurence R. Gesquiere, Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney, Susan C. Alberts, Jeanne Altmann	70
10	Shallow‐water habitats as sources of fallback foods for hominins 2009 ·American Journal of Physical Anthropology ·Richard W. Wrangham, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, Esteban E. Sarmiento	90
11	Focused grooming networks and stress alleviation in wild female baboons 2008 ·Hormones and Behavior ·Roman M. Wittig, Catherine Crockford, Julia Lehmann, Patricia L. Whitten, Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney	208
12	Behavioural and hormonal responses to predation in female chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) 2005 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Anne L. Engh, Jacinta C. Beehner, Thore J. Bergman, Patricia L. Whitten, (unknown), Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney	192
13	Male chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) discriminate loud call contests between rivals of different relative ranks 2004 ·Animal Cognition ·Dawn M. Kitchen, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth	39
14	Proximate factors mediating "contact" calls in adult female baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus) and their infants. 2000 ·Journal of comparative psychology ·Drew Rendall, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth	101
15	Inside the Mind of a Monkey 1996 ·Ergonomics ·Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney	4
16	Mente y significado en los monos 1993 ·Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) ·Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney	2
17	Meaning and Mind in Monkeys 1992 ·Scientific American ·Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney	30
18	Group fusions and minimum group sizes in vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) 1991 ·American Journal of Primatology ·Lynne A. Isbell, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth	43
19	Group extinction and fusion in free‐ranging vervet monkeys 1986 ·American Journal of Primatology ·Michael A. Hauser, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth	21
20	Social and non-social knowledge in vervet monkeys 1985 ·Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·(unknown), Robert M. Seyfarth	58

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